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Brazil’s Elites Fly Above Their Fears

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Sao Paulo — a city of 18 million, populated by the fantastically wealthy and the severely poor with little in between — is, by some accounts, a vision of future urban life in the developing world. As homicide and kidnapping rates have soared to record levels, civilian helicopter traffic here has become what industry executives describe as the busiest on Earth. Helicopter companies estimate that liftoffs average 100 per hour. The city boasts 240 helipads, compared with 10 in New York City, allowing the rich to whisk to and from their well-guarded homes to work, business meetings, afternoons of shopping, even church.”

(washingtonpost.com)

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